Head Hunters Lice Specialist Blogs

Summer Camp Season Is Here

Each year the Head Hunters team visits summer camps all across Georgia before start of the camp season. We check every child there for head lice before they settle into their cabins for the summer in order to help prevent any outbreaks of head lice. If cases of head lice are identified, our technicians treat the child on site so that they can stay and enjoy their camp...

LICE! Most people cringe and instantly start itching as soon as you hear the word. You may not realize it, but getting head lice is just as common as catching a cold. Head lice can be prevented and The Head Lice Specialist has the best preventative measures.

Head lice are spread through head-to-head contact. Have an age appropriate conversation with your child about how head-to-head contact...

Keeping long hair up and contained is a great way to prevent head lice, as head to head contact is the way lice is spread 99% of the time. Head lice crawl very quickly and use the hair stand as a bridge to transfer. It only takes 3 seconds for a louse to crawl from one person’s head to another. Girls are often more vulnerable to...

Step 1: Don’t panic.

Head lice happens, and it’s okay! There are an estimated 6 to 12 million cases of head lice each year among children age 3 – 11. Having head lice is an incredibly common experience that most people will encounter at some point or another in...